Marianne Sägebrecht
Date of birth: 1945-08-27
Place of birth: Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Known for: Acting
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marianne Sägebrecht (born 27 August 1945, Starnberg, Bavaria) is a German actress, most famous for her appearance in the movies Sugarbaby, Bagdad Café, and The War of the Roses. This Rubenesque character player with a heart-shaped face and child-like features began her career as a leading producer and performer of Germany's alternative theater/cabaret scene. The eclectic background of Marianne Sägebrecht included stints as a medical lab assistant and magazine assistant editor before she found her calling in show business. Claiming to be inspired by Bavaria's mad King Ludwig II, she became known as the "mother of Munich's sub-culture" as producer and performer of avant-garde theater and cabaret revues, particularly with her troupe Opera Curiosa. Spotted by director Percy Adlon in a 1977 production of Adele Spitzeder in which she essayed the role of a delicate prostitute, Sägebrecht was cast as Madame Sanchez/Mrs. Sancho Panza in Adlon's TV special Herr Kischott (1979), a spin on Don Quixote. The director put her in his 1983 feature The Swing in a small role and then created the leading role of Marianne, an overweight mortician in love with a subway conductor, in Sugarbaby (1985) especially for her. American films beckoned as well and Sägebrecht was often cast in roles tailored to her unique abilities. Paul Mazursky reworked the part of a teutonic masseuse for her in Moon over Parador (1988) while Danny DeVito tailored the part of the German housekeeper for a divorcing couple in The War of the Roses (1989). Returning to Germany, she shone as the timid maid in the 1930s who marries her Jewish employer for convenience then falls in love in Martha and I (1990; released in the USA in 1995). Sägebrecht headlined the black comedy as an unhappy wife whose straying husband plots her death in Mona Must Die (1994) and had small supporting parts in The Ogre (1996) and Left Luggage (1998). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marianne Sägebrecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The War of the Roses
1989-12-08
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Without Family
2000-12-12
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Bagdad Cafe
1987-11-12
A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her un
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
1984-10-31
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Dust Devil
1992-07-11
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Soleil
1997-06-11
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Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999-02-03
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a
Sugarbaby
1985-06-28
A plump Munich mortuary worker tracks down and seduces a married subway conductor.
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
2014-10-12
Moon Over Parador
1988-09-09
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Left Luggage
1998-03-30
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Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989-11-09
Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeep
Erotique
1994-05-14
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Mr. Bluesman
1993-04-01
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Spanish Fly
1998-09-10
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Omamamia
2012-11-01
Where shall we put grandma? Her permanently anxious and stressed daughter, Marie, knows exactly wher
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
2000-04-14
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Bezaubernde Marie
2007-03-23
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Ganz unten, ganz oben
1999-12-17
So ein Schlamassel
2010-01-29
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The Ogre
1996-09-12
Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accus
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
2012-01-11
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Mona Must Die
1994-05-12
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All Men Are Mortal
1995-11-17
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Herz mit Löffel
1987-01-01
The Circle
2014-09-18
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Marga Engel schlägt zurück
2001-03-14
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Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
2003-01-01
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Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995-01-01
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Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
2014-03-13
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The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022-10-20
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Ein irres Feeling
1984-11-23
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Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
1999-05-28
Martha and I
1990-09-01
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Charlotte und ihre Männer
2005-01-01
C.O.D.
1981-07-03
Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company fro
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
2001-02-28
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007-06-24
A cheerful, amusing and melancholic look back at the Munich film festival from the perspective of th
Großglocknerliebe
2004-06-04
Johanna, a librarian who was recently abandoned by her partner, has stopped her car at a railroad cr
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
2004-12-28
Marga Engel, the likeable and self-confident cook, has built up a new life for herself with a lot of
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
2001-01-01
Again and again the lonely Mikki wanders through the night to recognize himself for a few moments. H
Immer Wirbel um Marie
2008-10-17
Marie runs a bookshop in Torgau with a great deal of idealism. As business is not going well, she ha
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
2007-04-20
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A Whole Life
2023-11-09
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Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
1987-02-26
A decadent Cabaret in Hamburg is near closing down. The owner decides to make a last effort to save
The Swing
1983-10-14
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Frau Holle
2008-12-25
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Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012-12-07
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Katrin und Wladimir
1996-04-05
Santa's Secretary
1999-12-22
Motherless Céline writes a letter to Santa Claus asking her father to pick her up from hospital and
Il piccolo lord
1995-01-01
11-year-old Christian lives with his Italian mother Gioia in poverty on the island of Ischia. His Ge
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
2000-01-01
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The Milky Life
1993-02-23
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Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
1989-12-31
Silence
2020-10-28
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Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
2016-11-03
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And Suddenly Everything Was Different
1997-12-30
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
1994-12-16
Erik & Erika
2018-02-03
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Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997-04-10
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Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
2018-10-05
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Schmucklos
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Opening a pub in a dusty dump with virtually no choice. Only one drink, only one dish and only one s
Beauville
1995-01-01
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Eine Frau nach Maß
1998-03-05
One Day
1988-01-22
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